Lama fights polls with 25 issues

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE
Siliguri, 10 April: Independent candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency, Mahendra P Lama, is contesting the election on a 25-point charter of issues that he has mentioned in his election manifesto.The 25 headings of his document includes ‘Gorkhaland: demand of separate state, introduction of the three-tier panchayat system in Darjeeling district, land rights for tea plantation labourers, and inclusion of Darjeeling and Dooars in the Northeast Council. Asked why the word ‘Gorkhaland’ was mentioned in the manifesto when the group he is representing, the Darjeeling, Dooars United Development Foundation (DDUDF), does not want to use the term, Mr Lama said they have not yet selected any name for the state they have proposed. A separate state envisioned by the DDUDF comprises Darjeeling and the Dooars, while the group has said that the proposed state will not be named on the basis of an individual community.

“The parties which have supported us, including the CPRM, AIGL, and the CPI (M-L) Liberation, felt that if the word Gorkhaland is not mentioned in the manifesto, it might create confusion. But so far, we have not decided on the name,” he said.

National spokesperson of the DDUDF, P Arjun, said that if the BJP is sincere on Gorkhaland, its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi should give in writing that his party will introduce and pass a bill pertaining to the creation of Gorkhaland within six months of assuming power at the Centre.“The DDUDF is not satisfied with the addendum brought in by the BJP as it still says that the long pending demands of the Gorkhas would be sympathetically examined and appropriately considered. But the statement is vague and unclear on Gorkhaland” he said.

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